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By Hesse Caplinger on September 30, 2012
In Plain Sight at McClain Gallery, organized by Aaron Parazette, is an exhibition of 40 paintings by 40 Houston artists. Its essential premise, apart from a group photo-op, is that painting is alive and well, and the reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Its thematic heft—principally offered by Frances Colpitt’s catalogue essay—follows [...]
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By Bill Davenport on July 15, 2012
Dallas art writer and collector June Mattingly’s new e-book The State of the Art: Contemporary Artists in Texas, is out-available for Nook, Kindle and iPad. Mattingly, a Dallas artworld fixture best known as owner/co-founder of Mattingly Baker Gallery in the ’80s, says she has “been working on it forever, I don’t know how long. Probably [...]
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By Bill Davenport on January 22, 2012
Houston Artist William Betts has been selected for this year’s New American Paintings annual $1000 prize. Bett’s polished, mechanical images of photographs and surveillance video were featured in several editions of the magazine, and, as part of the award, will be hung at the NEXT art fair in Chicago. This year’s jury included CAMH Director [...]
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By Bill Davenport on August 29, 2011
After 14 years at Houston’s Diverseworks Art Space, Diane Barber will be stepping down from her post as co-artistic director to pursue other projects after September 14, although she will remain involved in the upcoming Tara Conley show, State Fair, and Marina Zirkow’s residency. Barber will likely not be replaced; Sixto Wagan, the remaining artistic [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diane barber, diverseworks, sixto wagan, william betts |